Aired Saturday 14 December, 3:25pm - 5:35pmon BBC Two

The Train (1965)

Action / Thriller / War

A true story of wartime heroism about a French railway inspector who goes up against the Nazis in order to prevent a trainload of France's most treasured paintings from being stolen.

Rotten Tomatoes100%

Country: USA

Cast and crew

John FrankenheimerDirector
Arthur PennDirector
Burt LancasterPaul Labiche
Paul ScofieldColonel von Waldheim
Jeanne MoreauChristine
Michel SimonPapa Boule, Engineer
Suzanne FlonMademoiselle Villard
Wolfgang PreissMajor Herren
Richard MünchGeneral Von Libitz
Albert RemyDidont, Fireman
Charles MillotPesquet, Engineer
Jacques MarinJacques, Stationmaster at Rive-Reine
Paul BonifasSpinet
Jean BouchaudCapt. Schmidt
Donald O'BrienSergeant Schwartz
Jean-Pierre ZolaOctave
Arthur BraussPilzer
Jean-Claude BercqMajor
Howard VernonDietrich
Bernard La JarrigeBernard
Louis FalavignaRailroad Worker

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